Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (squash player)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Forero.

Miguel Rodríguez

Full name	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Forero
Nickname(s)	The Cannonball
Country	Colombia
Born	(1985-12-20) December 20, 1985 Bogotá, Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Turned pro	2005
Retired	Active
Plays	Right Handed
Coached by	Ángel Rodríguez, Sardar Ali Khan, David Palmer
Racquet used	Tecnifibre Carboflex Cannonball
Men's singles
Highest ranking	No. 4 (June, 2015)
Current ranking	No. 13 (October, 2023)
Title(s)	30
Tour final(s)	41
World Open	QF (2015, 2017, 2019)
Medal record Men's squash Representing Colombia World Games 2013 Cali Singles 2022 Birmingham Singles British Open 2018 Hull Singles Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 2011 Guadalajara Singles 2015 Toronto Singles 2019 Lima Mixed doubles 2023 Santiago Team 2019 Lima Singles 2019 Lima Team 2023 Santiago Singles 2007 Rio de Janeiro Singles 2023 Santiago Mixed doubles South American Games 2010 Medellín Singles 2010 Medellín Mixed doubles 2010 Medellín Team
Updated on October 2024.

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Forero (born December 20, 1985, in Bogotá), known as Miguel Rodríguez, is a professional male squash player who represents Colombia. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in June 2015.

Early life

Rodríguez was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He was introduced to squash at the age of 2 by his father Ángel, a former professional squash player himself. He played primarily at the Club El Nogal in Bógota. Miguel attended the school Calasanz, where he also played football and table tennis. His most significant achievement as a junior was winning the US Junior Open and the Canadian Junior Open in Boys' Under-19 for 2 consecutive seasons (2003 and 2004). Rodríguez then started his professional squash career, and won his first PSA World Tour title in November 2005 at the age of 19.

Career overview

Rodríguez won the Colombian Open twice, in 2008 and 2010, and was runner-up in 2006 and 2012. Rodriguez won the Pan American Games in 2015

In September, he became the highest-ranked South American of all-time, exceeding then Federico Usandizaga of Argentina.

In 2013, he won the Bluenose Classic in Halifax, Canada in March and was bronze medalist at the World Games in Cali. He also won gold in the men's singles at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

On May 20, 2018, he won the 2018 British Open Squash Championships in Hull, England, beating Egypt's Mohamed El Shorbagy in a 5 game thriller to become the first-ever man from Colombia, and more broadly South America, to win the coveted British Open title. Rodríguez is known to wear different colored shoes when on court.

Titles and Finals

Major Finals (1)

Major tournaments include:

• PSA World Championships
• PSA World Tour Finals
• Top-tier PSA World Tour tournaments (Platinum/World Series/Super Series)

Year/Season	Tournament	Opponent	Result	Score
2018	British Open	Mohamed El Shorbagy	Win (1)	11-7 6-11 8-11 11-2 11-9

External links

• Miguel Rodriguez at the Professional Squash Association (archive) (archive 2)
• Miguel Rodriguez at Squash Info
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived April 11, 2015)